On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 110
... extreme . Organised beings , possessing life and all its func- tions , have been discovered so small , that a million of them would occupy less space than a grain of sand . The malleability of gold , the perfume of musk , the odour of ...
... extreme . Organised beings , possessing life and all its func- tions , have been discovered so small , that a million of them would occupy less space than a grain of sand . The malleability of gold , the perfume of musk , the odour of ...
Page 136
... extreme transparency of the air at night , which astronomers alone fully appreciate , renders it also more favourable to sound . There is no doubt , however , that the universal and dead silence generally preva- lent at night renders ...
... extreme transparency of the air at night , which astronomers alone fully appreciate , renders it also more favourable to sound . There is no doubt , however , that the universal and dead silence generally preva- lent at night renders ...
Page 160
... extreme red and the extreme violet , the interval being perfectly black ; but , if the spectrum be viewed through a certain thickness of the glass intermediate between the two , it will be found that the middle of the red space , the ...
... extreme red and the extreme violet , the interval being perfectly black ; but , if the spectrum be viewed through a certain thickness of the glass intermediate between the two , it will be found that the middle of the red space , the ...
Page 162
... extreme violet there are visible rays of a lavender gray colour , which may be seen by throwing the spectrum on a sheet of paper moistened by the carbonate of soda . The illuminating power of the different rays of the spectrum varies ...
... extreme violet there are visible rays of a lavender gray colour , which may be seen by throwing the spectrum on a sheet of paper moistened by the carbonate of soda . The illuminating power of the different rays of the spectrum varies ...
Page 172
... extreme violet is equal to the 0 ยท 0000167th part of an inch ; and , as the time of a vibration of a particle of ... extreme red of the solar spec- trum perform 458 millions of millions of vibrations in a second ; and that those ...
... extreme violet is equal to the 0 ยท 0000167th part of an inch ; and , as the time of a vibration of a particle of ... extreme red of the solar spec- trum perform 458 millions of millions of vibrations in a second ; and that those ...
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